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#Dispatches From the Front–Help, I Have a Toxic Advisor! Part II: Therapy and Quitting, Both Excellent Options

By Karen Kelsky | February 24, 2020

In our new Dispatches series, we crowdsource responses to questions we see about the academic job market and career. This week, the question is: “Help, I have a toxic advisor/PI? What can I do? What have other people done in this … [Read more...] about #Dispatches From the Front–Help, I Have a Toxic Advisor! Part II: Therapy and Quitting, Both Excellent Options

Filed Under: Advising Advice, Dispatches, Strategizing Your Success in Academia

#Dispatches From the Front – Help, I Have a Toxic Advisor! Part I: Firing Your Advisor, Building Your Team

By Karen Kelsky | February 17, 2020

In our new Dispatches series, we crowdsource responses to questions we see about the academic job market and career. This week, the question is: “Help, I have a toxic advisor/PI? What can I do? What have other people done in this … [Read more...] about #Dispatches From the Front – Help, I Have a Toxic Advisor! Part I: Firing Your Advisor, Building Your Team

Filed Under: Advising Advice, Bad Advisors and Good Mentors, Dispatches

#Dispatches From the Front, What Candidates Are Doing Wrong, Part III of III: “Don’t Forget the Basics”

By Karen Kelsky | February 10, 2020

In our new Dispatches series, we crowdsource responses to questions we see about the academic job market and career. Last week we put out the question: “Search committee members–what mistakes do you see candidates make? What do you wish they … [Read more...] about #Dispatches From the Front, What Candidates Are Doing Wrong, Part III of III: “Don’t Forget the Basics”

Filed Under: Dispatches, How to Interview, How To Write Academic Job Cover Letters, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Major Job Market Mistakes, Strategizing Your Success in Academia

#Dispatches From the Front, What Candidates Are Doing Wrong, Part II of III: “We’re Human!”

By Karen Kelsky | February 3, 2020

In our new Dispatches series, we crowdsource responses to questions we see about the academic job market and career. Last week we put out the question: “Search committee members–what mistakes do you see candidates make? What do you wish they … [Read more...] about #Dispatches From the Front, What Candidates Are Doing Wrong, Part II of III: “We’re Human!”

Filed Under: Dispatches, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Major Job Market Mistakes, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, The Campus Visit

#Dispatches From the Front: What Candidates Are Doing Wrong, Part I of III: “Do Your Homework, Please. PLEASE.”

By Karen Kelsky | January 27, 2020

In our new Dispatches series, we crowdsource responses to questions we see about the academic job market and career. Last week we put out the question: "Search committee members--what mistakes do you see candidates make? What do you wish they … [Read more...] about #Dispatches From the Front: What Candidates Are Doing Wrong, Part I of III: “Do Your Homework, Please. PLEASE.”

Filed Under: Dispatches, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Major Job Market Mistakes, Stop.Acting.Like.A.Grad.Student, Strategizing Your Success in Academia

#Dispatches From the Front: Interview Advice for and by International Scholars

By Karen Kelsky | January 20, 2020

Dispatches From the Frontlines is our weekly advice post based on the crowdsourced wisdom of our wonderful readers. Each Monday, we crowdsource a question we get from a reader on Facebook and Twitter with a link to a google form. You share YOUR … [Read more...] about #Dispatches From the Front: Interview Advice for and by International Scholars

Filed Under: Advising Advice, Dispatches, How to Interview

Dispatches From the Front: Dealing with a Difficult Dean/Chair

By Karen Kelsky | January 13, 2020

Welcome to our inaugural Dispatches From the Frontlines - our new weekly advice post based on the crowdsourced wisdom of our wonderful readers! Each Monday, we crowdsource a question we get from a reader on Facebook and Twitter with a link to a … [Read more...] about Dispatches From the Front: Dealing with a Difficult Dean/Chair

Filed Under: Dispatches, Postdoc Issues, Promote Yourself!, Publishing Issues, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Surviving Assistant Professorhood, Tenure--How To Get It, Work/Life Balance in Academia

Our New Column: Dispatches From the Frontlines

By Karen Kelsky | January 6, 2020

Since the day we started The Professor is In, we have been dedicated to telling you the truth. We want you to understand the unwritten rules of the academy, and we do our best to prepare you for and support you in what is most definitely an … [Read more...] about Our New Column: Dispatches From the Frontlines

Filed Under: Dispatches, Strategizing Your Success in Academia

Your External Reviewers for Tenure

By Karen Kelsky | June 15, 2018

I'll begin with the usual caveat: all tenure processes are local. You MUST research your own department and campus to understand formal policies, informal practices, precedent, horror stories, and so on.  No general advice such as I provide can … [Read more...] about Your External Reviewers for Tenure

Filed Under: Dispatches, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Surviving Assistant Professorhood, Tenure--How To Get It

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